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General Manager’s Report -
OMPA: Accomplishments
In 2012
5
From the Board Chair -
2012 Annual Electors’
Meeting
6
Lineman’s Corner - Proper
Sizing For The Customer
7
Legislative Update:
10 All Politics Are Local
Board Report -
September 13, 2012
OCTOBER 2012
VOL. 28 NO. 10
In addition, Walter Allen, former Lexington
City Manager and Elector from Lexington,
Charles Lamb (Chair), Edmond Mayor/
Elector, Homer Nicholson, Ponca City Mayor/
Elector, and John Ramey, Okeene Town
Administrator/Elector, were unanimously
elected by the 19 electors present to serve
additional three-year terms on the OMPA
Board of Directors. Elizabeth Gray, Altus
City Administrator/Elector, was unanimously
elected to serve the remainder of Dan Scott’s
(Altus Power Electric Superintendent/former
Elector) term on the board, which will expire
in September 2013 and she then will be eligible
to serve a three-year term on the board.
Allen, former Lexington City Manager, has
served on the OMPA Board since January 10,
2002. He served as the City Manager in
Lexington for 18 years before retiring on
December 30, 2011 and continues to serve as
the city’s elector. In 2000, Allen received the
APPA Larry Hobart Seven Hats Award that
recognizes managers who perform a variety of
duties in communities of 2,500 or fewer meters.
Lamb, Edmond Mayor, has served as a board
member since August 12, 1993. He has served
as the board chair since October 11, 2001 and
is the longest tenured elected official to serve
as the chair. Before being appointed Edmond
Mayor in 2011, he served on the Edmond
City Council for 15 years. Lamb was the first
elected official to receive the MESO Ray Duffy
Personal Service Award for outstanding service
to Public Power in 2003 and was inducted into
the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for City and Town
Officials in 2006.
OMPA MEMBER CITIES:
Altus, Blackwell, Comanche, Copan, Duncan, Edmond,
Eldorado, Fairview, Frederick, Geary, Goltry, Granite,
Hominy, Kingfisher, Laverne, Lexington, Mangum,
Manitou, Marlow, Newkirk, Okeene, Olustee, Orlando,
Pawhuska, Perry, Ponca City, Pond Creek, Prague,
Purcell, Ryan, Spiro, Tecumseh, Tonkawa, Walters,
Watonga, Waynoka, Wetumka, Wynnewood, Yale
A member of the American Public Power Association,
Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, and
Southwestern Power Resources Association
OUTLET is published by OMPA for our Members
2701 West I-35 Frontage Road
Post Office Box 1960
Edmond, Oklahoma 73083-1960
Phone: 405/340-5047
FAX: 405/359-1071
www.ompa.com
OMPA is a joint-action agency created for the purpose
of providing an adequate, reliable and affordable
supply of electrical power and energy to Oklahoma’s
municipally owned electric systems. The Authority
presently serves 39 municipally owned electric systems
in Oklahoma. As a consumer-owned public power
entity, OMPA is owned by the member cities it serves.
425 copies printed at a cost of $1,044.00.
Bruce Ackerman, Editor
OMPA honors Woolbright at annual meeting
Oklahoma Comfort Program (OCP) Officially Ends - See page 6.
“I had a great special relationship with OMPA
over the years. I have had great relationships,
too – your organization is exemplary. I was
proud to be part of that family,” said Shane
Woolbright, MESO Executive Director upon
receiving a standing ovation and a plaque in
recognition of his 30 years of service to MESO
and Public Power in Oklahoma during the
2012 OMPA Annual Electors’ Meeting in
Edmond. Drake N. Rice, Director of Member
Services, presented the plaque to Woolbright,
who was instrumental in ensuring the passage
of the legislation that created OMPA.
OMPA began service to 26 cities in 1985
and added six more in 1986. Woolbright was
personally responsible for Pond Creek, Goltry,
Spiro and Waynoka joining the OMPA Power
Supply Program, along with helping many
others become members by speaking before
city councils in the summer and fall of 1984.
MESO was formed in 1971 and hired full-time
staff in 1978. He is the third director of the
organization, following Mike McDowell and
Chuck Smith. Prior to becoming the MESO
Executive Director, Woolbright worked as a
circuit rider City Manager out of the Northern
Oklahoma Development Authority (NODA).
cont pg 4
Drake N. Rice, Director of Member
Services, (left) presents Shane
Woolbright, MESO Executive Director,
with a plaque for his 30 years of service
to MESO and Public Power in Oklahoma.
Jennifer Rogers Photo
Theme
for the
2012
Annual
Electors’
Meeting

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General Manager’s Report -
OMPA: Accomplishments
In 2012
5
From the Board Chair -
2012 Annual Electors’
Meeting
6
Lineman’s Corner - Proper
Sizing For The Customer
7
Legislative Update:
10 All Politics Are Local
Board Report -
September 13, 2012
OCTOBER 2012
VOL. 28 NO. 10
In addition, Walter Allen, former Lexington
City Manager and Elector from Lexington,
Charles Lamb (Chair), Edmond Mayor/
Elector, Homer Nicholson, Ponca City Mayor/
Elector, and John Ramey, Okeene Town
Administrator/Elector, were unanimously
elected by the 19 electors present to serve
additional three-year terms on the OMPA
Board of Directors. Elizabeth Gray, Altus
City Administrator/Elector, was unanimously
elected to serve the remainder of Dan Scott’s
(Altus Power Electric Superintendent/former
Elector) term on the board, which will expire
in September 2013 and she then will be eligible
to serve a three-year term on the board.
Allen, former Lexington City Manager, has
served on the OMPA Board since January 10,
2002. He served as the City Manager in
Lexington for 18 years before retiring on
December 30, 2011 and continues to serve as
the city’s elector. In 2000, Allen received the
APPA Larry Hobart Seven Hats Award that
recognizes managers who perform a variety of
duties in communities of 2,500 or fewer meters.
Lamb, Edmond Mayor, has served as a board
member since August 12, 1993. He has served
as the board chair since October 11, 2001 and
is the longest tenured elected official to serve
as the chair. Before being appointed Edmond
Mayor in 2011, he served on the Edmond
City Council for 15 years. Lamb was the first
elected official to receive the MESO Ray Duffy
Personal Service Award for outstanding service
to Public Power in 2003 and was inducted into
the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for City and Town
Officials in 2006.
OMPA MEMBER CITIES:
Altus, Blackwell, Comanche, Copan, Duncan, Edmond,
Eldorado, Fairview, Frederick, Geary, Goltry, Granite,
Hominy, Kingfisher, Laverne, Lexington, Mangum,
Manitou, Marlow, Newkirk, Okeene, Olustee, Orlando,
Pawhuska, Perry, Ponca City, Pond Creek, Prague,
Purcell, Ryan, Spiro, Tecumseh, Tonkawa, Walters,
Watonga, Waynoka, Wetumka, Wynnewood, Yale
A member of the American Public Power Association,
Municipal Electric Systems of Oklahoma, and
Southwestern Power Resources Association
OUTLET is published by OMPA for our Members
2701 West I-35 Frontage Road
Post Office Box 1960
Edmond, Oklahoma 73083-1960
Phone: 405/340-5047
FAX: 405/359-1071
www.ompa.com
OMPA is a joint-action agency created for the purpose
of providing an adequate, reliable and affordable
supply of electrical power and energy to Oklahoma’s
municipally owned electric systems. The Authority
presently serves 39 municipally owned electric systems
in Oklahoma. As a consumer-owned public power
entity, OMPA is owned by the member cities it serves.
425 copies printed at a cost of $1,044.00.
Bruce Ackerman, Editor
OMPA honors Woolbright at annual meeting
Oklahoma Comfort Program (OCP) Officially Ends - See page 6.
“I had a great special relationship with OMPA
over the years. I have had great relationships,
too – your organization is exemplary. I was
proud to be part of that family,” said Shane
Woolbright, MESO Executive Director upon
receiving a standing ovation and a plaque in
recognition of his 30 years of service to MESO
and Public Power in Oklahoma during the
2012 OMPA Annual Electors’ Meeting in
Edmond. Drake N. Rice, Director of Member
Services, presented the plaque to Woolbright,
who was instrumental in ensuring the passage
of the legislation that created OMPA.
OMPA began service to 26 cities in 1985
and added six more in 1986. Woolbright was
personally responsible for Pond Creek, Goltry,
Spiro and Waynoka joining the OMPA Power
Supply Program, along with helping many
others become members by speaking before
city councils in the summer and fall of 1984.
MESO was formed in 1971 and hired full-time
staff in 1978. He is the third director of the
organization, following Mike McDowell and
Chuck Smith. Prior to becoming the MESO
Executive Director, Woolbright worked as a
circuit rider City Manager out of the Northern
Oklahoma Development Authority (NODA).
cont pg 4
Drake N. Rice, Director of Member
Services, (left) presents Shane
Woolbright, MESO Executive Director,
with a plaque for his 30 years of service
to MESO and Public Power in Oklahoma.
Jennifer Rogers Photo
Theme
for the
2012
Annual
Electors’
Meeting